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2012: Stupid. Goes to such lengths to set up some level of political or scientific grounding for the story only to have the most absurd action scenes I have ever witnessed. It's worth watching just to see what feels like two completly different movies being ineptly tacked together. Racial sterotypes abound and everyone's a hero. I'm a total sucker for any sort of disaster or end of the world flick but this really was as ridiculous as it gets from start to finish. It's basically the same over blown, rehashed action scene shot over and over with a break every half hour for someone to attempt to say or do something noble or profound. The movie fails at every turn and for that reason, even at over 2 1/2 hours, its worth a watch.
The Crazies (2010): One of the very rare remakes I was looking forward to watching and had heard plenty of good things about it, can't say I was overly impressed though. As remakes go it was solid enough, but I didn't think it was anything beyond ordinary. Nicely shot with plenty of fun scenes throughout, but it was a little bit flat and uninspired.
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